linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coding-style.rst: indentation: Clarify tabs text

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:28:32 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Bru Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@...eagain.dev>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Patch Watchbox <patch-reply@...eagain.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coding-style.rst: indentation: Clarify tabs text

On 3/1/23 05:20, Bru Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> It might be misleading, especially for some autistic readers for whom
> English is not the first language and whose tendency to interpret things
> more literally might be present (i.e., my very own self).
> 

I'm also actually autistic (∞) :) ...

> The present patch clarifies the tabs text on such aspects.
> 

Clarify tabs description?

> -Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters.
> -There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!)
> -characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to
> -be 3.
> +The Linux Kernel uses the TAB character for indentation, as in the K&R
> +style. Tabs are meant to be viewed as 8-characters, and thus
> +indentations are meant to be seen as 8 characters as well. There are
> +heretic movements that try to use spaces for indentation, or make tabs
> +viewed as 4 (or even 2!) characters, and that is akin to trying to
> +define the value of PI to be 5.
>
  
"In the context of kernel code, tabs are intended to be 8-characters
indentation."

>  Rationale: The whole idea behind indentation is to clearly define where
>  a block of control starts and ends.  Especially when you've been looking
>  at your screen for 20 straight hours, you'll find it a lot easier to see
>  how the indentation works if you have large indentations.
>  
> -Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes
> +Now, some people will claim that viewint 8-character tab indentations makes
viewing

>  
> -In short, 8-char indents make things easier to read, and have the added
> +In short, 8-char tab size make things easier to read, and have the added

8-char tab indents (for consistency with above)?

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